Achaearanea blattea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Theridiidae
Genus: Achaearanea
Species: Achaearanea blattea

Name

Achaearanea blattea (Urquhart, 1886; Theridium) [comb. Fitzgerald & Sirvid (2003: 29)]

Type locality: Te Karaka, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand.

Synonymy

• Theridium setiger Urquhart, 1886 [syn. Bryant (1935: 57)]

Type locality: Te Karaka, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand.

• Theridium albogullatum Urquhart, 1887 [syn. Bryant (1933: 10, with T. tuberculum), confirmed by Fitzgerald & Sirvid (2003: 29)]

Syntypes: 2 males (CMNZ).

Type locality: Te Karaka, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand.

• Theridium tuberculum Urquhart, 1887 [syn. Bryant (1935: 57), confirmed by Fitzgerald & Sirvid (2003: 29)]

Holotype female: CMNZ.

Type locality: Te Karaka, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand.

References

• Bryant, E.B. 1933: Notes on types of Urquhart's spiders. Records of the Canterbury Museum, 4: 1–27.
• Bryant, E.B. 1935: Notes on some of Urquhart's species of spiders. Records of the Canterbury Museum, 4: 53–70.
• Fitzgerald, B.M.; Sirvid, P.J. 2003: The genus Trigonobothrys in New Zealand and a redescription of Achaearanea blattea (Theridiidae: Araneae). Tuhinga, 14: 25–33.

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